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Lewis & Clark College
Special Collections and Archives
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
archives@lclark.edu
503-768-7254



Guide to the Albany College (Oregon) Photograph Collection, 1867-1940


OLPa005ALB





Archives staff

Finding aid encoded by, 2006


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

Lewis & Clark College
Special Collections and Archives

Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
archives@lclark.edu
503-768-7254

 
Collection Number:
 

OLPa005ALB

 
Creator:
 

Albany College

 
Title:
 

Albany College Photograph Collection

 
Dates:
 

1867-1940 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

about 400 photographs

 
Languages:
 

English 

 
Summary:
 

Albany College (1867-1940), Oregon was the predecessor to Lewis & Clark College. This collection includes photographs of faculty, students, campus events, and campus buildings of Albany College.

 
Location of Collection:
 

Archives

 

Historical Note

In 1867 a group of Presbyterian settlers in Albany, Oregon established the Albany Collegiate Institute. The institute included a college preparatory department, as well as the college itself. In 1925, Albany College sold its centrally located campus to the Albany school district, and relocated to a larger parcel of land southwest of downtown. Financial hardships of economic depression hit the college in the 1930's, and it responded by opening a satellite campus in Portland, hoping to draw students from the larger population base. This plan was so successful that the college decided to relocate permanently to Portland. In 1941 the college acquired the Fir Acres estate in southwest Portland. The estate was originally owned by Lloyd Frank, who had commissioned Herman Brookman to design its buildings and gardens. In 1942 classes began on the new campus, and the college unveiled its new name, Lewis & Clark College. The college has resided on this new campus continuously since 1942.

Content Description

This collection includes images of Albany College from 1867 to 1941. It includes photographs of students, faculty, trustees, buildings, and events.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series separated into the following categories: Box Z1a1.1: Individual Photographs of Albany College Personnel; Box Z1a2.1: Group Photographs of Albany College Personnel; Box Z1a3.1: Group Photographs of Albany College Personnel with Students; Box Z1a4a.1: Individual Photographs of Albany College Students; Box Z1a5.1: Individual and Group Photographs of Albany College Founders and Trustees; Box Z1c.1: Photographs of Albany College Campus Activities; Box Z1b1.1: Photographs of exteriors of Albany College Buildings on Original Campus; Box Z1b1.2: Photographs of exteriors of Albany College Buildings on Monteith Campus; Box Z1b1.3: Photographs of exteriors of Albany College Buildings on Portland Branch; Box Z1b2.1: Photographs of interiors of Albany College Buildings, Original Campus; Box Z1b2.2: Photographs of interiors of Albany College Buildings, Montieth Campus; Box Z1d.1: Photographs of Miscellaneous Albany College Scenes. Photographs within boxes are arranged chronologically when applicable, and alphabetical within year.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

The photographs in this collection are composed of items created by the college for promotional purposes, as well as individual gifts given by multiple donors.

Processing Note 

Processed in the1970s. Photographs have been housed in acid free photograph sleeves.

Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available 

To see digital versions of many of these photographs go to: digitalcollections.lclark.edu

Restrictions on Access 

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Restrictions on Use 

Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.

Preferred Citation 

The Albany College Photograph Collection OLPa005ALB, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

Related Information

Bibliography 

For more information about the history of Albany College see:

  • Montague, Martha Francis. Lewis and Clark College, 1867-1967. Portland, Ore.: Binfords & Mort, 1968.
  • Beckham, Stephen Dow. Lewis and Clark College. Portland, Ore.: Lewis & Clark College, 1991.
  • Subjects

    This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

     
    Albany College, 1867-1940
    Albany (Or.) -- History
    Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.) -- History

    Detailed Description of the Collection

    The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


     

    Box Z1a1.1:   Individual Photographs of Albany College Personnel, 1867-1938

     
    Container(s)
    Description
    Dates
     


    Baker, Raymond E.
     
     


    Bale, Fred G.
     
     


    Barnett, Elmer H.
     
     


    Baskerville, Robert W.
     
     


    Bear, Thelma E.
     
     


    Bibb, Thomas W.
     
     


    Blair, Robert T.
     
     


    Bleamaster, Wilfred C.
     
     


    Breen, Quirinus
     
     


    Bushnell, Henry
     
     


    Butler, Loren G.
     
     


    Case, Ruth Graham
     
     


    Chi1ds, Mary Sandstrom
     
     


    Corlett, Laura (see Freeman)
     
     


    Cotton, John P.
     
     


    Crooks, Harry M. (OS)
     
     


    Edlund, Karl R.
     
     


    Ellis, J. Lincoln
     
     


    Finnell, Hattie B.
     
     


    Fisher, Raymond Wilbur
     
     


    Freeman, Daniel
     
     


    Freeman, Laura Corlett (Mrs. Daniel)
     
     


    Geary, Edward R.
     
     


    Graham, Alice
     
     


    Greene, Clarence W. (neg in neg file)
     
     


    Groening, A. A.
     
     


    Hart, Harry B.
     
     


    Hempstead, Walter E.
     
     


    Henderson, Vernon
     
     


    Hoon, Bessie Eve1ynola
     
     


    Ivanakeva, Radka
     
     


    Jones, Helen Caples
     
     


    Karpenstein, Elizabeth
     
     


    Keeler, Carl Arthur
     
     


    Lappenbusch, C. F.
     
     


    Lee, Wallace Howe
     
     


    McAfee, Lucius Oliver
     
     


    McDaniel, Warren
     
     


    Mattern, Grace
     
     


    Miller, Justin A.
     
     


    Moore, Leon Wallace
     
     


    Moses, Clara
     
     


    Mundle, Thomas F.
     
     


    Patterson, Elizabeth Irvine
     
     


    Powell, Ida A.
     
     


    Puryear, Vernon John
     
     


    Ramsey, Margaret
     
     


    Rice, David Blair
     
     


    Riddle, George W.
     
     


    Seeley, Boudinot
     
     


    Slocum, Clarence C.
     
     


    Smick, Helen G.
     
     


    Stewart, Irving
     
     


    Sullivan, Ward W.
     
     


    Taylor, Ross L.
     
     


    Thielsen, Nancy
     
     


    Thompson, Edwin J.
     
     


    Todd, Samuel S.
     
     


    Torbet, David
     
     


    Travis, May
     
     


    Van Nuys, Walter L.
     
     


    Vining, Roscoe H.
     
     


    Wagner, Earl B.
     
     


    Weage, Avery D.
     
     


    Williams, Alfred M.
     
     


    Witt, Mildred
     

     

    Box Z1a2.1:  Group Photographs of Albany College Personnel, 1898-1935

     
    Container(s)
    Description
    Dates
     
    Z1a1.2

    College Faculty
      1898
     


    College Faculty (Portland Unit)
      1935

     

    Box Z1a3.1:  Group Photographs of Albany College Personnel with Students, 1873-1936

     
    Container(s)
    Description
    Dates
     


    Graduating class (Maria Irvine/top; Cora Irvine and Weltha Young (r) /center; Hary Hannon/bottom)
      1873
     


    Graduating class (Lillian Robertson/Frank Probst/Stephen Flinn/Quincy Probst; not certain of order in photograph)
      1886
     


    Graduating class (See Martha Montague history, p 32, for id) (2 pictures/one formal, the other informal/taken outside administration building/used in Montague, p. 33 with ID there)
      1887
     


    Graduating class (Flora Mason, Helen Crawford, Ina Robertson, l-r)
      1889
     


    Graduating class
      1893
     


    Faculty /students gathered on front steps of main building
      circa 1896
     


    Graduating class
      1897
     


    Faculty/students gathered on front steps of main building
      circa 1897
     


    Graduating class
      1899
     


    Faculty/students gathered on front steps of main bldg
      circa 1900
     


    Graduating class
      1900
     


    Commencement Orators
      1900
     


    Graduating class/Business Department
      1900
     


    Commercial faculty/students
      1901
     


    Graduating class
      1901
     


    Graduating class
      1904
     


    Some of Our Boys in Service/Collage prepared for 1918 Catalog
      circa 1918
     


    Student body (l920-2l) sitting on steps of main building
      1920
     


    Faculty/student lunch hour (south entrance/Gray Hall)
      circa 1927
     


    Faculty/students gathered before Gray Hall
      circa 1931
     


    A. A. Groening (far left) and students/lounge/Portland unit (SE 12th/Salmon)
      circa 1936
     


    Walter Shaw and class (probably sociology)/Portland unit (SE 12th/Salmon)
      circa 1936

     

    Box Z1a4a.1:  Individual Photographs of Albany College Students, 1879-1938

     
    Container(s)
    Description
    Dates
     


    Annie M. Althouse (Class of 1879)
      l879
     


    Hettie J. Miller (Class of 1879)
      l879
     


    Edna L. Breckenridge (Class of 1895; married name Stewart)
      1895
     


    Daniel Webster Wight (Class of 1904)
      1898
     


    Edna C. McNight
      1907
     


    Helen Ruth Montague
      1907
     


    Mabel Schultz (class of 1907)
      1907
     


    Phelura L. Gilham
      1908
     


    Fred Neal
      1908
     


    Gladys Hyde Easton
      1909
     


    Inez T. Easton (class of 1910)
      1910
     


    Martha F. Montague (class of 1910)
      1910
     


    Rhoda Lee Stalnaker
      1910
     


    Katherine McMillan (class of 1909)
      circa 1916
     


    Alva G. Starr (Class of 1922)
      1922
     


    Alvin Arnold (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Bertha Bodine (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Minerva Braden (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Harris Brock (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    George Broders (Class of 1926)
      1924
     


    Estelle Brown (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Rexter Butler (Class of 1926)
      1924
     


    Blanch Clem (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Glen Coie (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Mildred Coie (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Monroe Cooley (Class of 1926)
      1924
     


    Cecil H. Cox (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Nina Cox (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    John Densmore (Class of 1926)
      1924
     


    Ardis Eberle (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Paul Ellis (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Leston Fate (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Florine Ewing Finnell (Class of 1924)
      1924
     


    Earl Lee Blair Greene (Class of 1924)
      1924
     


    Arlie D. Hatch (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Vernon Gibson Henderson (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Lucile Holman (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Olga Jackson (Class of 1926)
      1924
     


    Marcus Calvin Kielsmeier (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Grace Leslie Lawrence (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Lyon Lawrence (Class of 1925)
      1924
     


    Foster Longman (Class of 1927)
      1924
     


    Dwight MacDonald (Class 'of 1926)
      1924